CompEM Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Fluorescence image of a Botryllus planus colony: cream-coloured zooids arranged in star-shaped systems, glowing orange against a dark tunic.

Who we are

Our Team

Head of Lab & Technical Staff

  • Portrait of PD Dr. Thomas Stach

    PD Dr. Thomas Stach

    Head of Lab

  • Scanning electron micrograph of a plane lace bug, recorded by Peer Martin

    Peer Martin

    Technical Staff

Courses taught by PD Dr. Stach at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

  • Practical course: Organismic Biology — Focus Zoology
  • Module OBBE9 – Marine Biodiversity, within the Master’s programme “Organismal Biology, Biodiversity and Evolution” at Humboldt-Universität
  • Module OBBE6 – Systematics of Invertebrates, within the Master’s programme “Organismal Biology, Biodiversity and Evolution” at Humboldt-Universität

Students

  • Portrait of Emre Hakveren

    Emre Hakveren

    MSc

  • Portrait of Prachi Jain

    Prachi Jain

    MSc

  • Portrait of Aheen Rahman

    Aheen Rahman

    MSc

  • Annika Naumann

    BSc

  • Portrait of Jorinde Pfeiffer

    Jorinde Pfeiffer

    MSc

In the field

Two researchers in waders kneeling on a rock, placing a quadrat frame at the edge of clear water.
Two team members with helmets and safety vests examining a specimen beside a quadrat frame on a seaweed-covered shore.
Field team crossing boulders covered in bladderwrack on their way to a sampling site.

Network

Membership

We are a member of the Alliance Center Electron Microscopy (ACEM) of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA), a network connecting Berlin’s electron microscopy laboratories to foster interdisciplinary exchange and shared infrastructure.

Collaborations

We collaborate with the Departments of Molecular Parasitology and Botany at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and with the Core Facility Electron Microscopy of Charité Berlin. International cooperations are currently active with Universidad de São Paulo (Brazil) and Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (France).